Widespread inflation and drainage of a pāhoehoe flow field: The Nesjahraun, {Thorn}ingvellir, Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-31

  Stevenson, John Alexander ^a   Mitchell, Neil Charles ^a   Cassidy, Michael ^b   Pinkerton, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iceland; Inflation; Lava; LiDAR; Platy ridged lava; Shelly p hoehoe

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AIRBORNE SENSING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EMPLACEMENT; FLOW FIELD; FORMATION MECHANISM; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAVA FLOW; LITHOFACIES; PAHOEHOE; VOLCANOLOGY;

ICELAND; THINGVALLAVATN;

EID: 84855500449     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0482-z     Document Type: Article

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